Man found dead at Kansas Historical Society in Topeka

Wednesday

A man who earlier had been reported as possibly missing was found dead Tuesday night at the Kansas Historical Society, 6425 S.W. 6th.

Kansas Capitol Police Lt. Adam Winters said officers were notified at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday of a possible missing person who last was seen while working at the historical society.

Winters said as officers began their investigation, it was determined the man could still be in the area of the historical society, located on the west edge of Topeka.

Officers with the Capitol Police — a branch of the Kansas Highway Patrol — searched the premises and used security information to determine the last area the man had entered.

Officers located the man and found that he was dead.

Winters said foul play wasn’t suspected in the man’s death, and that there isn’t believed to be a threat to the public.

Among other entities assisting with the investigation were an aircraft unit from the Kansas Highway Patrol, the Topeka Police Department, the Shawnee County Coroner’s Office and the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office.

Capitol Police is the lead investigating agency, with assistance from the Topeka Police Department’s Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

Capitol Police released the name of the deceased. However, The Topeka Capital-Journal is withholding the man’s name until further information surrounding circumstances of his death are released.

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